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Public Health Laboratory Services Branch
The Public Health Laboratory Services Branch comprises five functional Divisions, namely, Virology Division, Microbiology Division, Histopathology & Cytology Division, Chemical Pathology & Haematology Division and Neonatal Screening Division. The major functions of the Branch are:
To provide laboratory diagnostic services for disease surveillance
and control, health promotion and disease prevention;
To provide public health consultation service relating to microbiology
and virology;
To provide laboratory support on outbreak investigation;
To conduct quality assurance programme for continuous improvement
of standards of laboratories in Hong Kong;
To act as Reference Laboratory to provide confirmatory service and
technology transfer/training for laboratory personnel; and
To collaborate with local and international partners on disease surveillance, infection control standards and information exchanges.
[GovHK] [Asia's world city Hong Kong]
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Last revision date: 22 March 2007